title: [Efflux pumps: their role in Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance].
abstract: Efflux pumps located in the bacterial membranes are responsible for low level resistance to antibiotics, considered not to be relevant in the clinic and thus often neglected. However, these pumps contribute to the emergence of high level antibiotic resistance mechanisms, which are responsible for severe complications during the treatment of infectious diseases. Therefore it is necessary to take into account these pumps while developing novel antibacterial agents. Among these new research strategies, the development of efflux pump inhibitors seems to be an attractive approach to restore the activity of some "classical" antibiotics and to limit the emergence of multiresistant strains associated with hospital-acquired infections. In this review, we focalise on Staphylococcus aureus efflux pumps and their potential inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de microbiologie, Unité RTI2B UP SP 2007.03.135, ISPB, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon. anne.jordheim@recherche.univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doléans-Jordheim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michalet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boisset
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Souard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontet
authors.forename: M-G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Dijoux-Franca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freney
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins